Ferdinando Mezzasoma

Ferdinando Mezzasoma (3 August 1907-28 April 1945) was the Minister of Popular Culture of the Italian Social Republic from 23 September 1943 to 25 April 1945 under Benito Mussolini.

Biography
Ferdinando Mezzasoma was born on 3 August 1907 to a father who worked for the Bank of Italy in Perugia, where the family moved in 1920. In 1929, he became the secretary for Amedeo Fani after he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mezzasoma became a journalist. On 23 February 1939 he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the National Fascist Party of Italy by Benito Mussolini, and on 23 September 1943 he was appointed Minister of Popular Culture of the Salo Republic after Italy joined the Allied Powers during World War II. In April 1945 he was captured by the Italian Resistance and killed with 16 other fascist leaders at Dongo.